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Warrenton neighbors launch effort to ‘save the ginkgo tree’ By Robin Earl
Times Staff Writer
A towering ginkgo biloba tree spreads its branches high above a long-unoccupied house at 62 Washington St. at the corner of Green Street in Warrenton. Last week, it was covered with golden leaves, but neighbor Ron Ross said that each fall, the tree can be full of bright yellow leaves one day and bare the next. Ross, who lives next door to the tree, said, “It’s been there since I was a young man. At least that’s when I noticed it.” Ross said he was 14 when he moved to Warrenton in 1951. See GINKGO, page 4
PHOTO BY MOLLY WHITE
A golden yellow, the Washington Street ginkgo tree is at the peak of its fall color. It shades an unoccupied and dilapidated house beneath its boughs.
Arrest made in connection with School board members look unsolved 2008 murder of monk ahead to 50/50 learning model By Coy Ferrell
Times Staff Writer
The Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that an arrest has been made in connection with the 2008 stabbing death of a Buddhist monk who WON YONG JUNG lived south of Marshall. Won Yong Jung, of Duluth, Georgia, was arrested Monday in connection with the murder. He is currently in custody in Georgia
awaiting extradition to Virginia. The Federal Bureau of Investigation -its Atlanta, Georgia and Washington, D.C. field offices -- along with other law enforcement agencies, collaborated in the investigation, according to Fauquier County Sheriff Robert Mosier. Du Chil Park, a 56-year-old South Korean national whose ordained name was Monk Mogu, was stabbed to death in his home – which also served as a temple -- sometime in late June 2008. He was a Zen Buddhist monk who practiced acupressure and other traditional healing techniques. His body was found See MONK, page 8
By Robin Earl
Times Staff Writer
At the Nov. 23 Fauquier County School Board meeting, administrators and school board members continued to wrestle with how to provide the best educational experience for students while the COVID-19 pandemic continues unabated. When schools first shifted to remote learning, there was discussion about possibly inviting children back into the classroom more than two days a week early in 2021, but with cases rising, that discussion is off the table for now. School board members could vote on a shift to “50/50” learning at their Dec. 14 meeting. The plan aims to in-
“When we opened the schools to the hybrid model, we had about 3,000 students in virtual. Now we have about 3,800.”
MAJOR WARNER Deputy superintendent of schools
crease the number of days – from two to four -- that students learn “live” from teachers. Students who have enrolled in hybrid learning would still attend in-person classes two days a week but would attend classes remotely – with See SCHOOL BOARD, page 6
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